| Theme: Pop Vocals Please see the club front page for instructions on how to vote. Compilation (zip format): http://sharebee.com/e0479172 [STREAM] [DDL] Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight [STREAM] [DDL] White Album - Glass no Hana [STREAM] [DDL] Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka [STREAM] [DDL] Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin' Magic [STREAM] [DDL] Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube [STREAM] [DDL] Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide [STREAM] [DDL] Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - I do! [STREAM] [DDL] Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away [STREAM] [DDL] Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode [STREAM] [DDL] Code Geass R2 - Masquerade Notes: Can someone tell me why a lot of the series picked this week have titles with ~~s. Again, let me know if people spot any anomalies/discrepancies. Thanks, and happy listening! [13 points] Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin' Magic [13 points] Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide [11 points] Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away [10 points] Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube [8 points] White Album - Glass no Hana [6 points] Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - I do! [5 points] Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight [5 points] Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka [5 points] Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode [2 points] Code Geass R2 - Masquerade Notes: Not enough people liked Neko Mimi Mode ;_; |
zzeroparticleJun 21, 2009 8:31 AM
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| +2 Groovin' Magic I love Round Table due to the Chobits OP and this song just furthers that along. Neko Mini Mode - uh what +1 Kanjite Knight FFFF YEAH Thyme +2 I Do! I prefer these songs over the soft flowing ballads like Garasu no Hana and Michishirube. Go me for weird tastes. Masquerade I like Hitomi's work from Code Geass, but this isn't her best effort (imo Stories or Continued Story). +1 Do You Remember Love? I liked it. Wasurenaide Kimikiss theme song. Wasn't anything special. |
| +2: Diebuster, Kimikiss +1: Someday's Dreamers 2, White Album This week's catchy pieces are insanely catchy, and it's rare I rate a Suara song over a Mizuki Nana song, seems that Suara's catching up in terms of ballads. Didn't feel Kanjite Knight and Neko Mimi Mode qualified honestly, but the former is awesome. |
| I had trouble with this week because I rarely rarely listen to songs purely for vocals. Usually the vocals are part of the complete picture along with the rest of the music that makes a song great. As such, I didn't really know hot to go about rating them since I found myself too often rating things besides the vocals. Also the songs I was more familiar with I already had an undying love for. Kanjite Knight---I felt that Kanjite Knight might have been a little too rockish for this week. Really I just nominated it because it is awesome and not enough people have heard it. I think what is interesting is how Lazy really makes this song I think. Some of JamPro's other songs for shonen series (like other Mazinger spinoffs) are really kind of cheesy. Not to say this doesn't have some cheese but it sounds more modern than some of the old JamPro themes, mostly I think in part to the rolling drum beats and the awesome wailing guitar. +1 cause it's my nomination and awesome Glass no Hana---This sounds like something from idolmaster. That is until the saxophone comes in...then I feel like I'm listening to Hall & Oates. " It certainly fits the Easy Listening style of pop. Not to my taste though, too slow probably. Nana does a wonderful job though. Ai Oboete Imasuka---Classic. Not my favorite rendition of it though. Iijima is good and holds the distinction of being the original. I think the chorus harmonies are particularly heavenly in this version. I don't care for the rest though. Groovin' Magic---possibly my favorite Round Table anisong. I remember when I first played it on itunes; (I downloaded some compilation of someones favorite OP/ED themes) I had to alt tab to look at what was playing. From the first "ah-ah-ah's" through the rest of the song it's got a cute, innocent quality to it. Also, I loves me some disco guitar. The whole piece is undeniably funky. +2 cause it's so funky...and for awhile I thought it was Gantz OP (due to a miss-label) which blew my mind. Michishirube---After listening to "Glass no Hana" I feel like if not for the distinct Nana vocals...I might not be able to tell these two apart. The slow, ballad, love songy thing just isn't my bag. Wasurenaide---Some very expressive singing. The piano was pretty nice as well. It at least sounded different from the other 3 heartfelt ballads on this list so far. +1 for truly emotional vocals I do---The chorus is definitely catchy. I also like synth and the complement it had with the vocal harmonies. Much more like something I might listen to on a regular basis. Fly Away---I loved THYME's debut album. With this song and the To Love-ru op I became an instant fan. It's all plenty catchy. As for vocals I don't think THYME matches up to some of the ballad ladies on this list, but her voice fits the song. It has a sort of whiny quality you don't hear much in Japanese music. As for the rest of the band THYME clearly has an advantage. Their guitarist is something else. +2 cause I love THYME...yeah...I think familiarity breeds enjoyment for me. Neko Mimi Mode---Chiwa Saito is crazy versatile in the number of voices she can portray in both narrative and song. That said, uhhh this isn't really singing. This is French? What who...where... It does vaguely remind me of Cats on Mars from the Cowboy Bebop OST...did I get a bad version of the song? All I hear is "Neko Mimi Modo, Nyan, and maybe a Kissu" If this is what you meant by pop vocals Omo...I am thoroughly confused. Masquerade---not my favorite Hitom song from the CG OST. Not a bad one nonetheless. All of the songs but especially this one sound sort of artificial to me. Maybe overproduced. I also don't remember where it occurs in the show...but it doesn't really fit the feel of CG to me. Songs I knew previously: Ai Oboete Imasuka, Fly Away, Groovin' Magic, Kanjite Knight, Masqerade. Songs I actually remembered: All but Masquerade Best Vocals: Wasurenaide Most Original: Neko Mimi Mode Best of the Bunch: Gotta go with Fly Away cause I love THYME |
takaJun 20, 2009 2:16 AM
| Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube +2 Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight +1 Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka +1 Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide +1 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away +1 |
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| I'm quite busy during this end of the year so I'll make this quickly, sorry. Kanjite Knight - it's a classy and stylish song but I don't know how this is popish. Awesome though. Glass no Hana - ûber 80s feeling and Nana-sama is singing. I like this. This feels classic you know, even if it was released this precise year. +1 Ai Oboete Imasuka - yes, this is pop vocals, but to me it's more of an anthem if you know what I mean. It's a flag, it's a declaration of love ! Groovin' Magic - you know I adore this song, but this is my nomination so I won't give it any point. But hell, this is the catchiest song of the lot. Nino~ <3 Michishirube - nice ballad, this is not really a pop song but I dig in. I don't know why it makes me think about the RisuPara OP. It's the kind of song I want to hear more often +2 Wasurenaide - Kimikiss, this is a good thing. But why Wasurenaide ? Aozora Loop is a lot more Pop than this ballad, which is awesome btw. It's kinda of the theme but I can't give it zero point but the other songs force me to do so. I do! - Generic but genericly good. Fly Away - I waited for someone to nominate this song. This is the definition of Pop : catchy, makes you want to go out and hang out with friends. +2 Neko Mimi Mode - It's French (like me), weird, awesome and definitely pop music. Bravo Omo = ) +1 Masquerade - I don't like this. That's just boring. HARD HARD WEEK |
SmankhJun 20, 2009 8:16 AM
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Smankh said: Neko Mimi Mode - It's French (like me), weird, awesome and definitely pop music. Bravo Omo = ) +1 Are you sure about that ? I mean, I agree about "pressentiment triste" being French... but Neko mimi modo... ? O_o |
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| I had to look this up but apparently the music for this song is done by a French man Dmitri from Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_From_Paris I had never heard of the guy. That being said...I still wanna know how this qualifies as pop vocals. |
| I should probably write something down too. Like this maybe To summarize: (+2) White Album - Glass no Hana (+2) Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide (+1) Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin’ Magic (+1) Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode |
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| Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight (one episode watched) - like omo said, too arena-like. I'm expecting Shin Mazinger to come down to the wrestling ring when hearing this. :P White Album - Glass no Hana (have not watched) - Decent, but not really feeling it. Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka (have not watched) - Not my favorite version of the song, and not really feeling it, despite it being one of the most important moments of the franchise, I guess. Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin' Magic (have not watched) - Feeling this one, and one of my favorite songs with ROUND TABLE feat. Nino. Groovin' magic indeed. +1 Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube (completed) - Prefer "Sweet Home Song" as a Yuumao song, but this is a solid song in it's right. +1 Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide (have not watched, but plan on it) - I really, really enjoy the chorus to this song, and how Suara seems to "glide" into it? I can't really explain it well. Not my favorite stuff from her though. :P+1 Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - I do! (have not watched) - Ah. Haven't heard this song in a while from The Indigo, and it's not one that I favor of theirs. Decent and happy, but not my thing. Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away (four eps watched. I think) - My bias is showing. And what taka's already said. +2 Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode (haven't watched) - The music's solid. The voice here still haunts my dreams though. I feel like I've gotten over my initial feelings when hearing the song, where I felt like I needed to brush my teeth because of all the sweetness. But yeah. Code Geass R2 - Masquerade (haven't watched) - I prefer Hitomi's other works for Code Geass than this one, but as omo said, this one is a lot less ethereal than what I usually from Hitomi, and it's not a bad thing that it does that. I don't know what omo's talking about when he says that I know my Hitomi though. :v +1 |
TheBigNJun 20, 2009 6:14 PM
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| Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight - This is pop? Pop/rock maybe... even then I'm not sure. White Album - Glass no Hana - Not Mizuki's best work, IMO. Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka - I watched the stream. That was my first exposure to Macross anything, so the entire idea of a fairly generic Jpop song causing the alien attackers to change sides came off as pretty ridiculous. Maybe context would make it seem a bit more believable... Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin' Magic - I don't think I've ever heard a bad song from Round Table feat. Nino. Toe-tapping and fun. +2 Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube - This song features in my anime playlist. It's sweet, but the guitar solo is inappropriate, IMO. Point for being from an anime with lesbians. +1 Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide - OP is better. Never been a fan of Suara, and this is too sentimental for my liking (Jpop and sentimentalism are two things that don't mix well, IMO) Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - I do! - Fun, delightful song. +2 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away - It's a decent pop/rock song that complements the mood of the anime. Just as Natsu no Sora isn't a typical anime, this isn't a typical Jpop song. Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode - This works best when you're watching the crazy OP sequence and how everything that features in the sequence starts with the character "tsu". I love this song. It's everything that's good about Jpop in anime, but it's also quirky in its own sense. +1 Code Geass R2 - Masquerade - Shirley ;-; |
Sorrow-kun said: Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka - I watched the stream. That was my first exposure to Macross anything, so the entire idea of a fairly generic Jpop song causing the alien attackers to change sides came off as pretty ridiculous. Maybe context would make it seem a bit more believable... I think Shadowmage addresses that a little bit in his reviews of the Macross series. :p |
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| Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen - Kanjite Knight Wasn't the idea this week to nominate songs with POP oriented vocals?. While I don't have any issues with the song itself, it could not have missed the point of this week's theme more even if it could. White Album - Glass no Hana +1 Great song, and you have you to give credit to whoever nominated this. It is one of the few songs that really captured this week's theme, and the song's compitiosn itself is great. It's a great throwback to the old pop songs of the 80's and 90's. It's really nostalgic listening to a pop song with style again. Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Ai Oboete Imasuka I have to be honest I've never heard of this song before, but it gives of the same nostalgic 80's pop vivbe as "Glass no Hana" but this might be attributed to the fact this song was RELEASED in the 80's. I wasn't really to into this song, but the chorus has a great hook. I don't think the song has aged well however. Top wo Nerae! 2 Diebuster - Groovin' Magic +2 Out of ALL the Round Table ft. Nino songs that could have been nominated, I'm glad it was this one. It's definitely one of their more underrated songs, and it fits the theme perfectly. Plus points to whoever nominated this one. Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - Michishirube +1 A wonderfully composed song. The guitar, strings, and simple drum beat really flesh out the vocals in this song. The lead into the chorus has a very powerful crescendo and gives this relatively soft song a bold flavor. Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~ - Wasurenaide +1 As far as vocals go, this song is by far one of the biggest contenders out of the list. Very rarely do pop songs have strong and powerful vocal work, but Suara delivers an impressive performance. Her vocals blend together seamlessly with the piano and strings. Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ - I do! +1 It's pop alright, and you have to give credit for whoever nominated this, they probably knew right away this song would fit the "pop" vocal theme perfectly. I don't really have any major complaints with this song, and the saxophone solo at the end SURPRISINGLY works with the song. Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ - Fly Away I love this song. I love Thyme. But I don't think it fits with the theme very well. What to do... Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ - Neko Mimi Mode I have no idea what to say. I really don't. It's not like I can really knock it for having a SEVERE lack of lyrics, since it satisfies this weeks theme, but God, I really don't know what else to say. It's a creative piece, I'll give it that. Code Geass R2 - Masquerade No. If you want an explanation check out my comment at the Anime Instrumentality Blog, because I don't want to write another explanation why I dislike this song. |
seraphjeiJun 21, 2009 1:59 AM
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